Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-17
WRANGLING JERSEYITES.
FIRST FULL MEETING OF THE JER-
SEY LEGISLATIVE MENAGERlE.
The Statesmen Have Time of 1t and the
Patient Citizen Wishes "a Plague Of
Both Your Houses" Probably One
Ballot for Senator and Nobody Chosen
Other Legislative Notes.


Both Your Houses" Probably One
Ballot for Senator and Nobody Chosen
Other Legislative Notes.
TRENTON, N j., Feb. 11.-Jersey's fair
capital made another bill Wednesday for the
the championship inter state belt for legisla-
tive wrangling The senate chamber was
the theatre Of action, and nothing but the
dignified bearing and decisive ruling of Pres.
ident Fish prevented a repetition of the
scenes which brought Jerseys legislators
into prominence six weeks ago at the organi-
zation of the house.
The house met for business at 10 in the
morning; that is, the Republicans did The
only business the Democrats cared to trans
act was the exlunslng from the journal Of
Tuesday of the prot st the Republicans had
put there, which censured the Democrats
foS abeenting themselves from the house on
Monday and Tuesday thus preventing the
report to unseat 1urley from being pre-
sented. This they accomplished by vote
of 81 TO 30 Kinney had returned from
Philadelphia and give them that majority
again. Then their object was to waste time
so that the report could not b. acted upon.
They moved to take recess until II ~, but
this provoked so much discussion that their
object was accomplished after all Dono-
hue, the Labor member, chairman Of the
Turley -Haines contested election committee,
protested agaiust recess, and wanted to
present his report. He said Turley was
seated on his vote, but he now claimed the
right to cast his vote according to his con-
victions He was applauded by the Repub
licans, and Hudspeth (Dem), who tried &c
reply, was overwhelmed with hisses
By this time it was nearly IL o'clock and a
message was received from the senate that
they were ready to go into joint session and
| inviting the assembly to come to the senate
chamber. This invitation was opposed by
the Democrats, who wanted the senate t.
| come to the assembly, and the mes.
| sage was tabled. At this juncture
| Speaker Baird resigned the chair tc
Mr. Oviat, a Republican, and wher
| the Democrats presented a motion that the
| joint assembly be held in the assembly cham
| Der, Oviat announced that as it was now L
| O'Clock, the time set for balloting, the house
| stood adjourned Protests were unheeied
| and Oviat left the chair. The Republicans
made for the senate chamber followed by the
Democrats This move was made BY the
Republicans in order TO allow President
Fish, of the senate, TO preside Yer the j,int
| meeting
| The rHll-cail showed eighty-one mpnlb 'rs
| present, being the total number of senator,
and assemblymen. President Fish was made
permanent chairman AMI Speaker Bairi sat
| by lin. The journal Of the senate for Tues
day giving therrsult of the ballot for United
States senator was read An attempt tC
read the journal Of the so-callel joint meet
ing of Jan II in the house WAS ruled out by
the chairman. Nominations were declared il
order. Seweli, Albeit, Thomas kays
Belle, Luilow, and Erastus Potter were pu
1 in nomination.
Senator GrIggs, Republican, got up ant
began to read solemn and formal prote>,
against Henry Tnrley, tine occupant of tn,
contested seat, taking any part in the acton
of the joint meeting. This nctei upon thl
Democrats like red flag to a bull HudsIs,!
rose excite lily to point of order. but wa.
overruled. Griggs proceeded with the read
ing, and every Democrat in the chami~l
| jumped to his feet and shouted for the avt,
and nays on Hudspeth's appeal. Amid chac:
and uproar Griggs kept on reading, though
no one could hear him, and presented his pro
test to the clerk For about ten minutes con
fusion reigned, members fairly dancing witt
rage aud pounding on the desks
Hudspeth, after Griggs finished, renewel
his appeal and was backed by the loui out
cries of the Democrats, but the chairman
paid no attention to him. When quiet wa
restored Senator Edwards novel to strik,
| the protest from the minutes. Lost bv a
vote of 30 TO ii. Baird voted with the Il.
publicans- After more angry words be
tween Griggs and Hudspeth voting was re
sumed. Baird voted for Judge Morrow
Prohibition Democrat Explanations Of re
lief came from the Democrats at this
The vote resulted as follows: Parker, Potts
Ludlow, Morrow, William L Potter.
each; Belle, Rays, and Erastus Potter,
each; ALBEIT and Sewell. 81 each Presi
dent Fish declared that no one was electe,
and the joint meeting adjourned for the day
Hardly any one ventures a prediction O
what will be done next, but the impression
is that unless Albeit or Sewell withdraw
the deadlock will continue